Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

preon en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.

Meanings

A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
preons	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

antipreon · preonic

Relateds

spreon · subquark

Translations (3)

ca preó (particle) · fi preoni (particle) · pl preon (particle)